Table 6_3_12-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 6_3_12.1
Overweight children and teens ages 2–19 who were told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight, United States, 1999–2002 and 2003–2006
Population group		2003–2006		1999–2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		39.4	1.6	37.0	2.5
Age	2–5	22.3	3.2	*	*
	6–11	35.7	2.6	32.8	4.0
	12–19	47.5	2.2	45.7	3.6
Ethnicity	Mexican American	43.0	2.5	37.2	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	44.4	2.4	43.4	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	36.9	2.7	34.9	3.7
Gender	Male	36.8	2.2	37.1	3.3
Gender	Female	42.4	2.8	36.8	2.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	43.6	3.3	44.8	4.3
	Near poor/low	45.0	2.9	32.2	3.7
	Middle	32.8	2.5	37.1	4.8
	High	38.1	5.8	*	*

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_3_12-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_12-1.html